NGC 3069
| Galaxy NGC 3069 / IC 580 |
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![NGC 3069 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3069_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3069 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 57 m 56.701 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 25 ′ 56.80 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017759 ± 0.000153 |
| Radial velocity | 5324 ± 46 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(233 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.3 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Johann Dreyer |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1877 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3069 • IC 580 • PGC 28788 • CGCG 064-010 • MCG + 02-26-005 • 2MASX J09575667 + 1025562 • GALEX ASC J095756.79 + 102556.3 • LDCE 691 NED001 • WISEA J095756.69 + 102556.8 | |
NGC 3069 = IC 580 is a galaxy of Hubble type S0? in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 233 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years across. It probably forms a bound galaxy pair with NGC 3070 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 576 , IC 577 , IC 578 , IC 584 .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1877 by Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer .
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